Hands off the Amazon! Campaign for indigenous communities

Dirty Amazon gold: During her visit at the beginning of May 2022, indigenous leader Maria Leusa Munduruku holds Switzerland accountable.
The village Demini is home for many Yanomami.
More than half of the intact Amazon is located either in nature reserves or in indigenous territories.
The Amazon is the biggest rainforest in the world.
The village Demini is home for many Yanomami.
Tupinambá children.
Indigenous Tupinambá in the village of São Francisco in the Brazilian Amazon region.
Yanomami preparing to go fishing.
Yanomami children help with fishing.
Around 900,000 indigenous people currently live in the Brazilian part of the Amazon.
Zerstörung des Amazonas
Fire Amazon. Foto: Shutterstock
Gold mining is causing major environmental damage in the entire Amazon region. ©Daniel Schweizer
Soy field in the Brazilian Amazon. ©Shutterstock
Forest destruction for a mine. ©Shutterstock
Fire Amazon. Foto: Shutterstock
In April 2019, thousands of indigenous people demonstrated in Brasilia for their rights and the environment.
Video: Land rights for the Tupinambá
Angela Kaxuyana, indigenous activist from Brazil, came to Bern with a delegation in November 2019
Bern, November 2019: Indigenous delegates at workshop on human rights and environmental protection
Bern, November 2019: Indigenous delegates from Brazil meet Members of Parliament
Geneva, November 2019: Brazilian delegates at the UN: Nara Baré, Kretã Kaingang and Celia Xakriabá
Bern, November 2019: Celia Xakriabá at a rally on the free trade agreement with Brazil
November 2019 in Bern: indigenous delegates from Brazil
Press conference of indigenous delegates from Brazil in Bern: Elizeu Guarani Kaiowá, Sonia Guajajara and Kretã Kaingang
Angela Kaxuyana, indigenous activist from Brazil, came to Bern with a delegation in November 2019
Bern, November 2019: Indigenous delegates at workshop on human rights and environmental protection
Bern, November 2019: Indigenous delegates from Brazil meet Members of Parliament
Geneva, November 2019: Brazilian delegates at the UN: Nara Baré, Kretã Kaingang and Celia Xakriabá
Bern, November 2019: Celia Xakriabá at a rally on the free trade agreement with Brazil
November 2019 in Bern: indigenous delegates from Brazil
Press conference of indigenous delegates from Brazil in Bern: Elizeu Guarani Kaiowá, Sonia Guajajara and Kretã Kaingang
The cocoa business provides the young Yanomami and Ye’kwana members with sustainable economic prospects.

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